Humanistic Psychology and Psychic Phenomena

The University of West Georgia is distinguished by its academic specialties in humanistic
psychology and parapsychology within the Department of Psychology. To support teaching,
learning, and research, Special Collections actively collects archival materials and
printed materials pertaining to these two topical areas. Notable among these collections
are papers of Ingo Swann who coined the term “remote viewing,” along with his book
collection; the David Wayne Hooks library which originated from the Psychical Research
Foundation; the papers of scholar Sidney Jourard, who founded the American Association
for Humanistic Psychology; Carmi Harari, who founded the Division of Humanistic Psychology
within the American Psychology Association; the papers of former University of West
Georgia professor and expert in poltergeists, William G. Roll; and the papers of Anne
C. Richards who served on Association for Humanistic Education (AHE), trustee for
the Field Psych Trust, and surveyed University of West Georgia students’ attitudes
towards sexuality from 1981-1999. Also notable are the papers of psychologist Edith
Weisskopf-Joelson who studied schizophrenia, alienation and logotherapy.